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"Best cooks ever": Meet the 2021 MasterChef contestants

The bar has been raised! - by Alex Lilly
  • 25 Feb 2021

Foodies rejoice! MasterChef Australia is back for another season and if you thought last year's All Stars were skilled, be prepared for even more greatness with the class of 2021.

WATCH BELOW: Meet the 2021 MasterChef contestants

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Beloved judges Jock Zonfrillo, Andy Allen and former WHO cover star Melissa Leong are back as judges and say that this year's contestants are the best yet.

"I think it's going to be the best food. Even with Back To Win," Andy admitted to WHO on the red carpet at the 2020 AACTA Awards.

"I think we're very short into the season but if these guys are cooking like this now, imagine what they're going to be doing in 60 episodes. It's crazy so we're excited with that."

The judge and season four winner added: "They're raw, they're very passionate, they're very willing to learn and I think that's what I think excites us the most. It's going to be a really good season."

Now, the first trailer for the upcoming season has been released and we can finally get to know some of these talented stars.

Keep scrolling to meet the first batch of the 2021 cooks.

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"My cooking style it's a bit like my face - not refined at all."

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Brent

Brent compares his cooking style to his face - "not refined at all."

A self-taught chef, this contestant grew up eating meat and three veg, but has learned on his own how to give his dishes that je ne sais quoi.

"I found a passion that I didn't know was there."

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"The Bengali cuisine that I carry with me has been passed down from generation to generation."

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Kishwar

Hailing from a big family of cooks, food has had a big part in Kishwar's life.

"The Bengali cuisine that I carry with me has been passed down from generation to generation. I've always taken a little creative license with it," she admits in the trailer.

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Minoli lost her sense of taste at 31 - but it only made her stronger.

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Minoli

At the age of 31, Minoli lost her sense of taste but when it returned, her cooking skills were transformed to a new level.

"It's given me a whole new insight into flavour and an understanding of food that I never had before."

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Could Therese be following in Reynold's footsteps?

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Therese

Part Taiwanese, part Burmese, part Chinese cook Therese has one specific foodie passion.

"I love cooking French pastry," she admits in the trailer.

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Elise's love language is food.

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Elise

Self-confessed feeder Elise says her love language is food.

"I want to make people happy, I want to make things beautiful."

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